"Self-Renewal": The Secret to Embracing Change

"Self-Renewal": The Secret to Embracing Change

I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to….

Self-renewal ensures you are forward-moving, by stripping away the old...

The future of Management is Teal. Finding Meaning in our work is critical if we are to avoid stagnation and boredom. It is the responsibility of each individual to effect the change necessary to reinvent work so that it has personal relevance.

“The self-renewing … looks forward to an endless and unpredictable dialogue between its potentialities and the claims of life – yes not only the claims it encounters but the claims it invents towards.”

Revitalizing and re-imagining the organization of our synagogues takes work!

Isa Aron, founding director of Hebrew Union College’s Experiment in Congregational Education (ECE) contributes in Self-Renewing Congregation as  the calls is for ‘renewal’…from within, not without—a renewal that begins with institutional self-reflection, proceeds through a process of self-engagement, and ends with self-generated innovations

One of the most important qualities we hardly ever think and talk about is the ability of self-renewal Look at your relationships, work, social life, health and wellbeing... We talk a lot about resilience and it’s important for a life of achievement and positive impact. And resilience, of course, is the capacity to bounce back after a hardship or disappointment and keep going. It's like practical equanimity, or the equivalent of emotional shock absorbers. What I have in mind with the quality of self-renewal is a bit different.

Whenever you're in a long-term quest or a demanding job, and you've worked hard, day after day for weeks, months, or perhaps even years, and nothing spectacular has yet happened to reward your efforts, you can begin to lose heart, or at least to lose whatever initial enthusiasm or energy you may have had for the project. Of course, if you're experiencing a lot of praise or admiration or encouragement from others, that can serve to keep you going through those long dry stretches of labor. But suppose that's rare or non-existent as well. What's going to keep you afloat? What's going to keep the wind in your sails, or the spring in your step? It's the quality and activity of self-renewal that does this. And it may be one of the rarest traits of all. But it's possessed by people who accomplish great and difficult things, despite any disadvantages they have, or obstacles they continually face.

Psychologists have recently written about the importance of a quality they call grit - the sheer ability to keep on going. But self-renewal is perhaps deeper and higher. It's the ability to keep going with a heart inspired and eager for the work, whether that work is household cleaning, bricklaying, business building, and seeing patients all day long, or writing a book.

If grit keeps you going, and resilience picks you up, self- renewal helps you stay energized. And it's ironically easiest when you're working for something greater than the self. It comes from reminding yourself of your vision and values, and remembering how much you care. For many, it's an offshoot of practicing the presence of God. It's a way of recharging your heart and reconnecting with your inspiration.

How good are you at self-renewal? How good are the people on your team, or the members of your family? It's something worth thinking about, and cultivating because Emotional undercurrents are present in almost every activity within the organization and they influence employee morale, productivity and customer loyalty. It has a profound impact upon the individual and organizational effectiveness. Hence Self Renewal!

In order to function effectively we need to sharpen the saw on all four dimensions of our life like Physical, Social, Spiritual and Mental.

Try to be around the actionable first steps in towards spiritual at Work!

      Choose Positivity

      Self Belief

      Default To Transparency

      BE A NO - EGO Doer

      Listen First Then Listen More

      Communicate With Clarity

      Make Time To Reflect

      Live Smarter, Not Harder

      Have Integrity And Treat People With Respect

      Do the Right Thing

      Have an Opinion

      Act Without Expectation

      Be Support of Others

      Expand Your Interests

      Change Moments Change Life

The Power of What You Wear "Know Yourself!" But I'd like to add, "Renew Yourself!"

Everyone wants to be interesting but the vitalizing thing is to be interested. Keep a sense of curiosity. Discover new things. Care. Risk failure. Reach out.